Book: Elantris

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June 30th, 2006

Ten years ago, the great city of Elantris fell. With it went any semblance of democratic government, though this isn’t to say that Elantris led a democratic example. A paranoid and stingy king rules Kae now, the city feeling the brunt of Elantris’ fall. The kingdom of Fjordell is trying to invade with their demanding and regimented religion, Shu-Dereth, by sending its high-ranking gyorn, Hrathen. The Teoish princess, Sarene, is on her way to Kae to marry the crown prince, Raoden, only to hear once leaving the ship that her fiancé has very mysteriously died/disappeared. No one knows how it happened, but the situation is profitable for Hrathen and potentially disastrous for Sarene.

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Book: The Book of Atrix Wolfe

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June 27th, 2006

All right. I thought you all would like to know about this book I just read: The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip (352 pgs). I would say the theme of this book (which is pretty obvious) is sorrow. The importance of losing something, and, without really remembering what exactly it was that you lost, still having this innate sense of loss. The importance of words, or rather, the insignificance of words themselves because it is the meaning behind the words that give them power.

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I’m still alive, I swear

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June 27th, 2006

Well. It’s been four months since I’ve written anything here. All right, well, let’s see what happened. For a while there I really didn’t have time to write anything. There were deaths in the family and in the families of some close friends. Then, I became really sick with a horrible sinus infection and we made an emergency hospital visit. I also became obsessively concerned about my grades. Haha so…yeah, I’ve been busy!

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